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'''Krakatoa''' (Indonesian: ''Krakatau'') volcanic island within the Sunda Strait between [[Sumatra]] and Java in the Dutch East Indies - now [[Indonesia]]. One of several known [[catastrophism|geologically catastrophic]] events that were felt or seen worldwide, the 1883 explosion and eruption destroyed most of the island and killed thousands of people. It was the first of these mega-events news of which was relayed daily to the rest of the world via the [[telegraph]], which had reached nearby Java on its route to Australia not much more than a decade before.
'''Krakatoa''' (Indonesian: ''Krakatau'') is a volcanic island within the Sunda Strait between [[Sumatra]] and Java in the Dutch East Indies - now [[Indonesia]]. One of several known [[catastrophism|geologically catastrophic]] events that were felt or seen worldwide, the 1883 explosion and eruption destroyed most of the island and killed thousands of people. It was the first of these mega-events news of which was relayed daily to the rest of the world via the [[telegraph]], which had reached nearby Java on its route to Australia not much more than a decade before.
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